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THE best game at the Eco Power.And I must say that this season, the stadium and particularly the South stand has felt like home.We got to the stadium early and had a couple of beers then made our way up to our usual spot at the top of the stand at 2.15pm.I just stood there for 5 or 10 minutes in total silence just looking around and taking it all in, watching the stand fill up.Calm before the storm or what.Hugging total strangers has never been my thing but f**k me, there were plenty of man hugs when that 3rd went in.When it's busy, that stadium is electric and I fell in love with it yesterday.If Grant pulls off the miracle, he will be up there with the legends of this club. He is my favourite manager by far.Also, this run is good for mine and BSTs fractured relationship haha, long may that continue.One love.
I didn’t think Brentford would ever be topped in terms of pure drama and emotion compressed into the space of one tiny minute. But that feeling when Biggins headed the ball in yesterday was close, and certainly the best at that ground since it opened. Andy Butler at Charlton goes close as well.Part of me wants to say we need to finish the job and then go up through the play-offs for it to matter as much. Then the other side of my brain tells me that when you get moments like that, it doesn’t really matter about the context that ends up coming after it because it meant so much in that moment.
Great post Pib.That last paragraph. I've been thinking the same and I've come to the conclusion that it really does matter whether we make the playoffs. If we do, yesterday was monumental and would be the key moment in one of the greatest turnarounds in all football history. If we don't, it was still a great moment but it wouldn't have meant so much in the end.Go on lads. Make sure you build on that to make a record in history that no-one can ever take away from you. These chances are very very rare. Grab this one.
Saturday was special because my 6 year old was with me. He wasn’t at the others.Seeing his face when Biggins scored, I don’t think that will ever leave me. He started coming last season and up until Christmas this season it had been a struggle to get him here.He literally begged me to go home as Stockport scored their fourth.But something has clicked with him, he’s been singing Watching Super Donny all week and now asking loads of questions and watching DRFC on YouTube.Saturday was really special wasn’t it.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on April 22, 2024, 12:00:17 amGreat post Pib.That last paragraph. I've been thinking the same and I've come to the conclusion that it really does matter whether we make the playoffs. If we do, yesterday was monumental and would be the key moment in one of the greatest turnarounds in all football history. If we don't, it was still a great moment but it wouldn't have meant so much in the end.Go on lads. Make sure you build on that to make a record in history that no-one can ever take away from you. These chances are very very rare. Grab this one.You've helped me order my thoughts, that have been all over the place since Saturday, and I agree with you.Desperate for us to go on and finish the job, and if we do, we will definitely still be talking about Saturday's events in 20, 30 years time, just like we talk about Stoke, Mansfield, Brentford, and supporters older than me talk about QPR etc. Even if we get in the play-offs and win them, that last 10 mins plus added time on Saturday will be THE pivotal moment.I've also been thinking about the type of goal that Biggins scored and whether that had an impact on the moment, and I think it did. Don't get me wrong, I'd still have gone apeshit if Haks had gone through on goal and rolled another one in, but there's something about the ball hanging in the air, waiting for someone to arrive on the end of it, and then a header crashing into the net that made it even more of a release of emotions IMO.
Got to take Crewe in JPT in cotenxt though. Compared to now or stuff we've achieved it's quite low. But at the time relatively new out the conference, new stadium. The place was rocking and the whole town was outThere's also Dover 5-4 which not many will remember (not KM I know, but one of my first Rovers games)